We're halfway through our fall session! Our 4, 6 and 8 week classes are already underway, but we've still got a thrilling lineup of weekend workshops enrolling! Looking to beef up your torch skills? Soldering Intensive with Margo Csipő will get you there! Want to build a more specialized fabrication process and try out some cutting-edge technology? Sign up for Welding Workshop with Elliot Keeley. No matter your skill level or schedule, we've got something for you in the studio this fall.
Take a look at a selection of our fall workshops below, and see the whole lineup on our website.
Less Than Two Weeks Left!
Community Challenge 2025
Have you applied yet for this year's community challenge?
Following this year's symposium focusing on third spaces, the theme of our community challenge this year is Making Spaces!
Where do you find camaraderie? What spaces do you frequent that make you feel connected to and part of a larger community?
The work you create might reference the people you meet in these spaces, the shared interests that lead you to them, or even the physical spaces themselves. Don't have time to create something new from scratch? Consider submitting existing artwork that connects to this theme.
Applications are open through October 31.
Not sure what to make? Head over yo our YouTube channel, and revisit the talks by this year's speakers! With over 50 hours of content from symposium speakers, past residents, and other programs, our channel is a great place to find inspiration.
Have You gotten your ticket for Supper Club next month?
The BJC will be at The Jewelry Library from 5:30-7:30pm on Friday, November 21st for Supper Club, an intimate tasting experience benefitting the Baltimore Jewelry Center. This special evening, guided by artist, chef, and former BJC resident artist Naama Levit, invites guests into a tasting experience centered around figs.
Reimagining the tradition of the supper club as a moment of nourishment and gathering, the event is grounded in time and space through the experience of food, tabletop objects, and community.
The evening will be accompanied by a collaboration of objects by Naama Levit and board member Brice Garrett, alongside a curation of artist-made tabletop objects available for purchase in support of the BJC.
Eli Arenas was born in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Currently living in Charlotte, NC and working as a jewelry and installation artist, her work has been exhibited throughout the United States and abroad.
Arenas' work is in the collection of the Center for Contemporary Art and Culture at Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, OR., and she has participated in selected exhibitions including ACC Baltimore and Atlanta, SOFA- Thirteen Annual International Expositions of Sculpture and Functional Art, Touching Warms the Art, Discomfort and La Frontera.
See Eli's new work and grab a piece for yourself in our Metal Shop.
Join us on Thursday, October 30 at 7PM for an artist talk by current resident Suna Bonometti!
Suna’s jewelry is a composition of primary forms carefully assembled to create enduring designs. Each design is a portal of memories for the person that chooses to wear them. Suna’s focus is on making long-lasting objects that will bring joy. She works primarily in jewelry, but she has also made forays into the design of furniture, lighting, painting, tattooing, and many other artistic expressions.
Suna's talk will be accessible live in the studio and over zoom.
In The Gallery:
Love & Other Connections
Stop by the gallery to see Love & Other Connections, a solo exhibition by Kathleen Kennedy.
This exhibition investigates how jewelry has served as a deeply personal artifact—marking love, memory, and human connection. Worn on the body, it exists in both public and private realms, simultaneously revealing and concealing meaning.
Love & Other Connections will be on view in the BJC gallery October 3 - November 14. Join us in the gallery at 6pm on November 14 for a gallery talk by Kathleen Kennedy.
